Rise of the Global Middle Class - How the Search for the Good Life Can Change the World

Homi Kharas looks at how the powerful dream of middle class life has captivated generations, from Victorian England to present day India, but its demands have led younger generations to ask if it is all worth it. Can the middle class continue to thrive, or will it falter under the stresses of automation, consumerism, pollution, and political strife?

About the author

Homi Kharas is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a co-founder of World Data Lab, a company with a mission to make everyone count. An economist by training, he is a pioneer in the study of the global middle class. He has over four decades of experience working in or writing about international financial institutions, and contributed to the shaping of the UN-brokered global agreement in 2015 to pursue Sustainable Development Goals in every country and region of the world. He has worked and traveled in almost 90 countries.

Product details

• Authors: Homi Kharas, Kharas Homi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9780815740322
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-4032-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, macroeconomics, Economic Geography, Economics of specific sectors